Tethered aerial top



g- 5, 1952 H. J. PERKER ET AL 2,605,584

TETHERED AERIAL TOP Filed March 28, 1950 ZQz/evzio r6: flerzrjy ffer' r0 ZarZuff%7zQ%f$0%.-

Patented Aug. 5, 1952 Henry reset and Carl RQAnders'onQChicago, IlL,assignor' to Perand Eroducts, IndfChicago,

a pneagti fnrrar h 28, 1950; seems. 152,292

This. invention relates to a, new and. improved toy. i J. .1 fLAprincipal vobjectof thisinvention is.;to-p'rovide a toyof the typehaving a, reciprocating movement wherein a body is extendedand'withdrawnonastring. r

An important object of this invention isthe provision of a toy utilizinga rotatable inertia member and is an improvement .over the toy shown inour presently pending application en- "titled'To'y Airplaneand havingSerial Number 99,1 16. L. f. j; Another impo'rtantobjecto'f thisinvention is to 'supplyii a string" operated rotatable" inertia itivelymaintain the operating string within the rotatable inertia member. I 1 rfA further important objector this invention is 'to provide a toy with astring'operated rotatable inertia member journally carried within ahousfing and bafiie walls fixed to the housing and'located adjacent theperiphery of the inertia member a distance not greater than the diameterof the stringfor the purpose of retaining the string conffined in therotatable inertia member.

I A stillfu'rther important object of this inven tionisthe provision of'means for interlocking a twa paa housing enclosure for a toy or thelike.

Another and still further important object'of thisinvention is toprovide an interlocking tongue and groove joint for a two part plasticshousing in which the interlock is accomplished by a flexing of the partsto permit an overlap of the one 'part' on the other part.

Other and further important objects of this invention will becomeapparent from the disclosures in the following specification andaccompanying drawing. 7 Y *I'n thedrawing: I

7 Figure 1 shows a front elevational view'of the toyof'this invention. vFi'gure 2 is a plan View of Figure l. 7v V I I 'g'ure 3 isa sectionalview taken on theline 3 '-3f0f Figure 2. V Figure 4 is asectional viewtaken on the line ti of Figure l. V"

Figure dis a sectional view taken on the line 5 -5 ofFigure 2. I n f IFigure 6 is an elevational side-view detail as viewed from the line 6-6of Figure 2. I V

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 1-4 of Figure 2. v ns:shown in the drawings: The reference numeral I0 taken on the line- Z -Zindicates generally a member toy'with shield enclosing baffles to pos--weesne housing and in the stitute the rotatable inertia member.

2 I particular adaptation shown, toy is in the shape of a ball,

the housing of this and more-particularly a football. The housing l0includes'an upper housing part II and a lower housing part I2 to form acomplete enclosure;for I the toyof this invention. The toy housing I0 issuspended, one string I3 with a finger ring It at I the upper endthereof. As further shown in Figure Lahand winding knob I5 is positionedon the side of theifootball housing In and permits manual winding of arotatable inertia member to be described hereafter. As best shown Figure2, the top of the housing It and particularly the upper-half Y I I.includes therein a restricted aperture it through Which theholding-string I3 passes. p A t Mounted withinthe ball housing isarotatable inertia member. I! as shown'in Figures 3, 4 and 5. This;.i'otatable inertia member 11 is fixedly mounted 'onia'shaft I8 andincludes spaced side discs'le' and 20 which together comprise or con-Thershaft I8 "is 'journally mounted within the'housing I9 and iscarried" therein between the upper and lower housing parts II and I2. Asbest shown in Figure 6 one end of the shaft l.8is journalled on onesideofthe ball housing IIl within opposed and aligned open notches'zland 22 for journally receiving that end cf'the shaft. Thehotch'ZI is inthe upper housing part I I whereas the lower and aligned open notch 22is in the lower housingpar't i2. Figure 7 shows the journal support'ofvthe other end portion of the shaft I8 carried at the otherside of theball housing IBwithin' opposed and aligned open notches 23 and 24. As inFigure'6 the notch 23 is in the upper portion II of th'e'ball housingandthe aligned lower notch 24 is in the lower notch of the ball housing.The

' hand turning knob I5 is-mounted integrally on the outer endof theshaft Itiwhich' extends outwardly from the housing Ill asbestshown inFigure 4, I Spaced inwardly from the knob I5 and. also'inountedintegrally with the shaft'IB' is an annular flange 25 which maintainsthe shaft I8 in fixed transverse position by reason of its engaging theinner surface of a boss 26' within which the open notch '24 is formed.The annular flange 25 thus prevents endwiseor'axial movement of theshaft [-3 in a direction outwardlyof the ball on the side of the handknob ld'xFurthe'r, the knob I5 prevents endwise movement of the shaft I8in theother direction, and thus thetshaft is positively confined byreason of the flange 25 and the hand turning knob I51 I V i 5 The upperhalf I I of the'ball housing I0 is prohalves I9 and 20 with the stringthereafter pass' ing upwardly out through the restricted'aperture IS inthe upper half II of the housing Ill. The

housing parts are interlocked :and 'inasmuchas the housing I0 forms acomplete enclosurethei hand engaging knob may be rotated to cause thestring I3 to wind up on the shaft IBtbetweenthe:

rotatable inertia member parts I9 andZO. ..The operator thereafter putshis finger through the finger ring I4 and lets the ball drop away fromhim. The inertia member II'rotatesasthe" ball I fldscends and whenthe'ball reaches the'bottom ofthe-string I3 the operator of the toythereafter gives the' string I3 'a slight jerk causing the rotatableinertia member to wind up on the string I3 so that in effectthe toy hasa reciprocating motion with the ball portiongoing to and from theoperator on thestring-l3 as a carrier or'track.

*baIlle'wallsN-and '30 and the lower housingpart I2 carries the upwardlyextending bafile walls 3| and 32 which arespaced apart a; distance equalto 'thespacing of the walls'29 andc3ll'and arein vertical alignmenttherewith. The'b'afile walls 29 to 32 inclusive are sufliciently long toextend beyond the Lrotatable inertia :member .I 1 on both sides:thereo'f. As shown inFigures. 3 and 4 the walls 29 :and' 30' areprovided 'withsemi-circular open notches 33 and 34 respectively; Thebaffle wall "29is 'positionedadjacent thee-half 19 of the rotatableinertia member and thesemi-circular notch 33 'thereinhas a. radius justslightly greater than the radius of the rotatable inertia member I1.Thus the 'inner'edge ;of the semi-circular notch 33 withinzthe b'afiiewall I9 .closely surrounds lthe upperrportion IOfIIhB'hfllf I9 of therotatableinertiahmember. It ispreferable that the spacei'betweenitheouterrcircumference of'the irotatable'inertia" member and the inner:edges ,of

the semi-circularrnotches 3:3-and.-34 beless than thediameterrorthickness of the operating string I 3' so that :asf thestring I-3 moving inwardly and outwardlythrough the restricted apertureI E can- "not'pass through to parts of the interior of the housing 'I I1beyond the extremities of the-rotatable: inertia member; Similarly thebaffle wall 30 having thezsemi-circular notch '34 is in align- ;mentwiththe-half 20 of the rotatable inertia member and further confines'thestring I3 between athe rotatable inertia member halves I9 and-20.'The'bafllewalls3l -and132 extending upwardly 'from'the lower half I2of-the housing I0 .arleiiprovided with equal and opposite semi-circular.open notches 351-and -3B'respectively, so that tas the housing parts IIand I2 are'brought together'withtheir peripheral surfaces2! and 28 in'en'gagement the bafile walls 29 and 3| will be in alignment,'tand thecooperative upper and lower semi-circular notches 33 and-35 combinetoform a 'full "annular circle within which the lateral movement withinthe housing member- V-shaped winding groove 31.

half I9 of the rotatable inertia member passes. The radial distancebetween the outer circumference of the rotatable inertia member and thecircumference of the circle formed by the notches 33 and 35, aspreviously stated is less or not greater than the diameter or thicknessof the operating string I3. Similarly the notch 36 in the baflle wall 32cooperates with the notch 34 in the upper bafile wall 30 forming a fullannular circle within which the half 20 of the rotatable inertia memberpasses and rotates. Here again thespace between the circumferences ofthe ro- Y tatable inertia member and the diameter of the opening formedby'the notches 34 and 36 is not greaterthan'the;thickness of the stringI3.

The operating-string I3 is thus confined to the V-'- shaped'stringwinding annular groove 31 in the rotatable inertia member as bestshown in Figures-4 and 5, and is prevented from having I 0 by reason ofthe confining baffle walls 29tto 32linclusive. The baflle wallscooperate with each other-so that when the halves H and I2 "of-thehousing :are placed together with their peripheral surfacesz2land28 inengagement thebafile' walls are continuous and thus there is nochance-of the operating string I3 from getting out oftheV-shap'e'd:annular groove between therotatable inertia member halves I9and 20. This prevents tan'gling :of the operating string I3 and hence inthe operation of the toy the ball housing or for that matter a housingin any shapemaytbe propelled away from thezoperator and then drawn backupon, the :string I3 without any :danger-of the string getting. out oithe rotatable inertia Operation of the toy at all times-is thus assured;

As best shown in-Figure 5, the housing parts II and I2 are "providedwith oppositely'disposed interlockingmembers 38 and 39 onooppositezsidesof the ballID. The upper housingpartll has receiving sockets Mandelrespectivelyformed in the lower -'ends-of these interlocking parts 38and --39-respectively. Similarly the lower part-I2 of the housing II!isprovided with projections or tongues '42 "and-43' for theinterlocking'parts 38 and 39 respectively, and the projections 42 and 43are arranged and constructed for interengagewithin the groove .40. Onthe opposite side of the ballthe interlock 3B:is,acc0mplished by asqueezing of the upper part II and aslight distortion or-extension ofthelower part I2, so that the projection or tongue 43 sna-ps over into thesocket or groove '4I holding the ball parts II and I2 firmly together.As best shownin Figure 4, the interlocking members 38 and 39 arepositioned to one side of the shaft I8 and for purposes of securelyinterlocking the ball housing-parts II and I2, additional and similarspace interlocking means are provided on the oppositeside of the shaft I8 as designated by the numerals 44 and 45.

It will thus be seen that herein is .provided'a novel'toy,havingconsiderable improvement over the toy in our previously filedapplication mentioned above, wherein the housing is. substantiallyenclosed, and wherein means is provided forconfining the operatingstring I3 toits position in the v-shaped notch 31 :between the halves ofthe rotatable inertia member, thereupon forestalling or preventingentanglement of the operating string with the shaft I8 or with any otherportions of; the interior of the housing. Further there is provided anefiicient andeffective interlock between the two housingparts I l and I2for quick and easy assembling and subsequent servicing of the interiorof the ball.

We are aware that numerous details of construction may be variedthroughout a wide range without departing from the principles disclosedherein, and we therefore do not propose limiting the patent grantedhereon otherwise than as necessitated by the appended claims.

' What is claimed is:

1. A toy comprising a body, rotatable inertia means mounted for rotationwithin said body, said rotatable inertia means having spaced side discmembers'forming a central annular slot, a

I string wound in said slot for causing rotation of the rotatableinertia means and an up and down movement of the body, said body havingspaced walls projecting inwardly and terminating in a substantiallycircular inner edge closely adj acent to and lying over the Outerperipheries of each of the spaced side disc members whereby the integralwith said shaft adjacent said housing for maintaining fixed lateralpositioning of said shaft within said housing, an intertia membermounted on said shaft within said housing, said intertia memberincluding spaced side discs, a string wound on said shaft between saidspaced side discs, said housing having a restricted opening in alignmentwith the annular space between the side discs for passage of saidstring, and means string is confined in the annular slot between thedisc members. i

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which the spacing between thecircular inner edge of the inwardly projecting walls and the outerperipheries of the side disc members is not greater than the diameter ofthe string.

3. A toy comprising an enclosed housing having 3 two complementaryparts, means interlocking said complementary parts, said parts havingopposed open notches, a shaft journaled for rotation within said opposedopen notches, flange means provided in said housing to maintain saidstring within the annular space between said side discs.

i. A device as set forth in claim 3 in which the last named meansincludes a pair of spaced inwardly extending aligned complementarybaflle walls on each of said housing parts on each side of said inertiamember side discs and spaced therefrom a distance not greater than thediameter of said string.

HENRY J. PERKER.

CARL R. ANDERSON.

REFERENCES, CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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